Ideas for Dinnertime Talk

Some time ago, I asked what stirs up good discussion during your family dinners — which I'm happy to hear are a priority in your homes. Many of you shared fun ways of getting the conversation flowing. Here's one I've already used successfully with my 9-year-old son: Sheri McGraw of Beckley, West Virginia, asks each family member to name three things he or she did that day — two true and one made up. Then the rest of the family has to guess which story is fiction. A number of you reported that simply asking each person to share a high and low point of the day does the trick. After-dinner board games are also popular icebreakers; everyone likes to chat between turns.

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